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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North West Leicestershire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,987 approved · 288 refused · 219 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jul 2020 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
120 Ashby Road Moira Swadlincote DE12 6EB
Received 13 Nov 202331 Park Close Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2FS
Received 14 Nov 2023Telemast Pipers Wood Ashby Road Long Whatton Leicestershire
Received 9 Nov 2023Land Off Swepstone Road Heather Coalville Leicestershire LE67 2RF
Received 14 Nov 202367 High Street Castle Donington Derby DE74 2PQ
Received 14 Nov 2023Land Adjacent To 111 Swepstone Road Heather Leicestershire
Received 14 Nov 20238 Hildersham Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1GU
Received 14 Nov 2023A6 Maple Road Castle Donington Derby DE74 2UT
Received 14 Nov 2023The Old Coach House 39A Tamworth Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2PW
Received 7 Nov 2023National Grid Electricity Distribution Herald Way East Midlands Airport Castle Donington Derby Leicestershire DE74 2TU
Received 15 Nov 202311 Olive Grove Coalville LE67 4UQ
Received 15 Nov 2023Moira Village Hall Ashby Road Moira Swadlincote DE12 6DP
Received 15 Nov 2023Rosine Cottage 164 The Moor Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8GF
Received 16 Nov 2023117 High Street Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7JB
Received 16 Nov 202348 Vaughan Street Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3GH
Received 16 Nov 2023Land Adjacent To 182 The Moor Coleorton Leicestershire
Received 15 Nov 202367 High Street Measham Swadlincote Derby DE12 7HR
Received 16 Nov 2023Lavender House 80 Snarestone Road Appleby Magna Swadlincote Derby DE12 7AJ
Received 16 Nov 2023Roecliffe Farm Leicester Road New Packington Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1TP
Received 16 Nov 2023Masons Arms 1 Church Street Donisthorpe Swadlincote Derby DE12 7PX
Received 17 Nov 202328 The Green Long Whatton Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 5DB
Received 16 Nov 2023EM Point Finger Farm Site Ashby Road Kegworth Leicestershire
Received 17 Nov 2023Hill Top House Melbourne Road Staunton Harold Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1RW
Received 18 Nov 202319 St Davids Crescent Coalville Leicestershire LE67 4ST
Received 19 Nov 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for North West Leicestershire District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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